Create peer pressure to increase turnout

I would be totally against any cash incentive to get citizens to vote

Getting citizens to vote is very disappointing. In most elections only 15 percent to 20 percent of registered voters cast a vote. Even in presidential elections and some local school elections, the turnout is still less than 50 percent. I would be totally against any cash incentive to get citizens to vote.

A more effective way may be to publish in local newspapers the names of all citizens who voted, along with an article about the importance of voting. Doing this for a few years would create enough peer pressure to encourage more people to vote. Voting is a privilege every citizen enjoys, and that isn't true in many other countries.